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Hello!
Im a first year undergraduate student in general engineering and I have some questions to ask about my offers in research positions for the summer (4 months).
My main question is: as a student leaning towards working in industry after graduation, does the university that the lab is in matter more, or is the research topic itself more important?
I currently have 2 offers:
1. University of Toronto in the Physics department where I will be assigned a coding project regarding the analysis of crystal structures. The focus will be more on theory and calculations, instead of experiments.
2. Seoul National University electrical and computer engineering where I will be involved in the overall process of their project from experiment to calculations and analysis. They haven't specified as they said they'll discuss more when I'm ready to commit.
I'm aware that UofT has a strong reputation in research and ranked higher than SNU. But I'm also more interested in the ECE lab topic in SNU as im thinking to pursue electrical engineering.
I just want to know which would be a a greater factor for the future, the university name or the actual lab topic. I also currently reside in Canada so it would be more expensive to travel to Korea, as both positions are unpaid.
Am I sweating too much about this?
I'd appreciate any advice!
Im a first year undergraduate student in general engineering and I have some questions to ask about my offers in research positions for the summer (4 months).
My main question is: as a student leaning towards working in industry after graduation, does the university that the lab is in matter more, or is the research topic itself more important?
I currently have 2 offers:
1. University of Toronto in the Physics department where I will be assigned a coding project regarding the analysis of crystal structures. The focus will be more on theory and calculations, instead of experiments.
2. Seoul National University electrical and computer engineering where I will be involved in the overall process of their project from experiment to calculations and analysis. They haven't specified as they said they'll discuss more when I'm ready to commit.
I'm aware that UofT has a strong reputation in research and ranked higher than SNU. But I'm also more interested in the ECE lab topic in SNU as im thinking to pursue electrical engineering.
I just want to know which would be a a greater factor for the future, the university name or the actual lab topic. I also currently reside in Canada so it would be more expensive to travel to Korea, as both positions are unpaid.
Am I sweating too much about this?
I'd appreciate any advice!